Thu, Jan 14, 2010 | 16:52 GMT
New Assassin’s Creed game “not tied to AC2 DLC”
Ubi’s confirmed to VG247 that the new Assassin’s Creed game revealed in a financial report yesterday has nothing to do with planned Assassin’s Creed II add-ons.
“The AC game referenced in [the] announcement is not tied to the AC2 DLC,” said a rep.
Looking back at October 2009, members of the Assassin’s Creed II team twice admitted that the storyline for the IP’s third installment was being looked into, along with multiplayer.
Possible settings could be feudal Japan or medieval Europe, said Philippe Bergeron, lead mission designer at Ubisoft Montreal to German television show PLAY’D.
Admitting that both time periods were favorites of his, Bergeron felt that either “would be very interesting, culturally, [for the team] to discover and to make players discover as well”.
World War II was also mentioned as a setting by game producer Sébastien Puel, who fancied the idea of a female protagonist, thanks to the female-run economy of WWII-era France and England.
“We’ve had discussions on that very topic,” said Puel. “It could be really interesting but we’d need to find the right time period and place for that. We don’t want to just decide we want to change and have a female hero – as the first inspiration is always the time period.”
By the 20th Century, there were loads of secret societies around the globe, so that would be a no-brainer as well.
While different setting were being thrown about by all involved, one thing was agreed upon – future replayability – and what better way to make a game replayable than the now-confirmed multiplayer?
During the October interview with Bergeron, PLAY’D asked him about the possibility of multiplayer, and he admitted that the team was looking into it.
“I mean, it’s unavoidable – multiplayer is now part of our industry and everybody needs to put their hands into it,” he said. “So we’re definitely looking at possibilities of making Assassin’s Creed an online experience while still keeping with the strong narrative qualities.”
The new title in the series is expected to be shipped during Ubisoft’s fiscal year 2010-11, which starts in April.
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Tags: assassin's creed 3, assassin's creed multiplayer, Philippe Bergeron, Sebastien Puel
9 comments
#1
Bulk Slash
14/01/10, 4:58 pm
Meh, I like the game single player as it is. Does everything have to have MP these days just to put a tick in the box?
It might be fun for ACIII to cover several times/locations in history considering it’s supposed to be the last part of the trilogy.
#2
AHA-Lambda
14/01/10, 5:04 pm
I doubt AC3 will be the last anyway. PLus yeah I am tired of MP being added to absolutely everything just so the publisher can say we have MP
#3
onlineatron
14/01/10, 5:36 pm
Shame…
I don’t want more of the same and I especially don’t need to play Ezio again.
His purpose was completed in ACII and I can’t see any way that would make me think he is a viable character again.
I also don’t want to return to Italy… I like that they mixed it up with a different time period and country, I want them to do that again!
#4
Yoshi
14/01/10, 5:36 pm
Agreed
This is one of those games i really enjoyed that i didnt mind it only havin single player. And how are they guna have a female assassin? I thought Desmond was male lol
#5
Gheritt White
14/01/10, 5:44 pm
French Revolution PLEASE!
#6
onlineatron
14/01/10, 5:52 pm
@Yoshi
It’s his ancestors I believe, not his past lives so a female is feasable.
Even though the ancestors look progressively more like Desmond… So the girl will look fugly!
#7
Yoshi
14/01/10, 6:29 pm
But he pretty much takes the role of that anchestor and controls them so he would have to be walking like a women XD
#8
Retroid
14/01/10, 9:30 pm
Multiplayer in Assassin’s Creed?
I wish I could punch people over the internet.
#9
viking
14/01/10, 10:27 pm
What can you say about this?
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=231616